The history of interstitial brachytherapy of prostatic cancer

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 431-437

  Holm, Hans Henrik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Interventional ultrasonography; Iodine radioisotopes; Needle biopsy; Neoplasm staging; Palladium radioisotopes; Patient selection; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy dosage

Indexed keywords

IODINE; PALLADIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EUROPE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030728276     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199711/12)13:6<431::AID-SSU7>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Review

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